BURLEIGH retained a share of fifth spot on the Queensland Cup ladder with a 26-16 win over Easts in a high quality ABC Television match at Langlands Park. The Tigers were first to score after 15 minutes when fullback Wade Liddell crossed after a Scott Thorburn bomb was not handled by the Bears. Five minutes later the scores were level at 6 all with Burleigh second row Stan Berryman crashing over after a set move.

THREE players have tested positive for banned substances, the Rugby Football League's Doping Control Panel announced on Tuesday.
London Broncos winger Dominic Peters has been suspended from playing for 12 months after testing positive for stanozolol.

ALTHOUGH the first team had the Bank Holiday Weekend off, St Albans
Centurions were still in action when their newly-formed Under-16 team pulled
off another fine victory, winning 30-20 at Greenwich Admirals. The side,
which was only formed this month by former first team skipper Lee Parkin,
has done so well in its two matches - they hammered Essex Eels in their
debut match a week earlier - that scouts from Super League club London
Broncos are taking a very keen interest in several players.

HULL FC kept up the pressure at the head of Tetley's Rugby Super League with a fine 30-6 defeat of reigning champions St Helens at The Kingston Communications Stadium on Monday evening.
The Airlie Birds took a surprisingly comfortable two points against a Saints side which suffered its fifth defeat of the season and managed only one try.

SECOND rower Ben Roarty is quitting high-flying Penrith in the midst of its dream National Rugby League season to secure his playing future in England. The Panthers have agreed to give 28-year-old Roarty an early release because they can't guarantee him a contract for next season.

THIS Sunday the St.George Illawarra Dragons return to OKI Jubilee Stadium Kogarah for their scheduled second match this season at the rebuilt ground against the Cowboys. Work continues on Stage One of the project, despite the terrible weather encountered by the builders.